Requiem

You, waiting for the next victim,

Ruining lives, destroying them,

Making families have an empty seat at the dinner table,

Wishing they were there,

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You, carelessly taking life from beneath our feet, out of our control,

Spreading yourself, taking over their bodies,

Poisoning them,

Weakening them,

Destroying them,

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You, making families watch you take them away,

Children staring, tears pouring down their innocent faces,

Adults comforting them, filling them with hopeless lies,

But you, watching people, ready to intoxicate the next pure body,

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And me, I had to live through it, I have to live through it,

Everyday wishing he was still here,

Because of you, I cry myself to sleep,

Because of you, a piece of my heart is missing and can never be replaced,

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He was the next victim,

Everyday he was fighting,

Getting weaker and weaker,

"You will get through it, he's strong" everyone kept saying,

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Standing there, I looked at him, helpless,

A tear started to run down my cheek,

All I want is for him to be his usual self,

After school ask "how was your day, have you done your homework?",

He could barely say a word, lying there, pain shooting through his body, constantly,

The doctors came in, "time is running out",

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My heart sank,

"Why me, why my family?",

Those thoughts, racing round my head,

Hour after hour, minute after minute, second after second,

That's all the time that was left; hours, only hours,

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Those hours were up quicker than a flash,

His body laid there, painless, still,

I crumbled to the floor, everything around me stood still,

It felt like I had been shot through the heart, unable to mend it, broken forever,

You done this cancer, you,

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This is for everyone,

Life is short, shorter than you think,

Just remember, live each day as it comes,

You don't know what tomorrow may bring,

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This is for you,

The mother who has fear in her eyes every time she looks into her child's eyes, waiting for the day she has to leave him,

This is for you,

The boy who had to live through it day after day but managed to fight it,

This is for you,

The boy who's girlfriend lost the fight,

And this is for everyone,

Who's joining together to win the fight,

Because cancer we will win the fight.